CVE-2023-4209 (GCVE-0-2023-4209)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-30 14:22 – Updated: 2025-04-23 16:18
VLAI?
Title
POEditor < 0.9.8 - Settings Reset via CSRF
Summary
The POEditor WordPress plugin before 0.9.8 does not have CSRF checks in various places, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins perform unwanted actions, such as reset the plugin's settings and update its API key via CSRF attacks.
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b2c6fa7d-1b0f-44… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown POEditor Affected: 0 , < 0.9.8 (custom)
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Credits
Dmitrii WPScan
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